No spiders please, except Charlotte

It’s a paradox. I hate them, but I appreciate them in their complexity and even splendor.. ahem, as long as they’re not in the same room with me or ON me, or under the same roof altogether.
Spiders.
I mean, I do think they’re remarkable creatures from which science can learn amazing things, but… at the same [...]

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Why crisp

It’s because summer is almost over, it’s because holidays are at dawn with the end of August, it’s because my boyfriend went to start work and we’ll meet again in about two months, it’s because I’m rushed and restless and mostly because I have a huge need for planning and keeping track of my completed [...]

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A poem: A pinch of August

A pinch of August in my plate
With salty seasons hard to quench
A thrist so flawless in my yard
Completed sunrise splashed with shade.
I wondered why I love our frolic warp
Amusing sorts of tales forgone
No sunsets to be seen above
A pinch of Agust in my heart.

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notes from summer

“We are what we imagine ourselves to be. “
— Kurt Vonnegut
It’s summer time and there is spare time. There’s time to imagine and to live life properly, to loathe the internet and take a break from technology. There is time for museums and gardens, for sunshine and stories, for love and smiles, for ice tea and [...]

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My Books: Angela’s Ashes

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A book that keeps you wandering and clutches your thoughts. Couldn’t let it down. I was impressed by the style and descriptions, the extreme poverty and the struggle. Nonetheless, I don’t generalize the state to the whole of Ireland at that point in time. A [...]

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2008 HSBC Expat Survey Results

Browsing the Internations forum this morning I found the results of a HSBC survey on Expats.
The 2008 HSBC Expat Survey Results are out. I think the results are interesting. For those who want to take a look at the full report: http://www.offshore.hsbc.com/1/2/expatsurveyKey findings from the 2008 research included: - Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and the [...]

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just a … music cd

I lift a leaf and wonder about opera nights in the city when we used to get in for free because we were students or knew other students studying music. Then I wonder about those tiramisu nights when we used to gather around my orange room and play cards and go for long walks, go [...]

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busy vs. tea

“I told her tea bags were just a convenience for people with busy lives and she said no one is so busy they can’t take time to make a decent cup of tea and if you are that busy you don’t deserve a decent cup of tea for what is it all about anyway? Are [...]

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get green

Today I’ve been thinking a lot about green and the willingness to contribute to change. That’s what a visit to the dentist does to me, as I have time to think marvelous thoughts while on that chair. Back at home I found this image that works magic on subconscious desire. I believe many people don’t [...]

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dots to connect

“From now on I’ll connect the dots my way!” Bill Watterson (American Author of the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, b.1958)

I have an urge of creativity bursting, an unravelling unfathomable will to build, to rise, to feel powerful in my own expression towards everything that surrounds me. This desire is difficult to explain, I’m telling [...]

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couldn’t do without

The following websites and software progs. At first I wanted to rank them in the order of importance to me, but then I decided that’s too complicated.. I’m not that much of a software review geek ^_^

Gmail + gtalk video chat+ Google reader
WordPress
Twitter (an using Thwirl as a software)
Voipstunt (way more useful to me and [...]

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ask why

Yet another motivational post, after having had a great discussion with my dad last night. I got inspired to ask myself about my main goal and how my actions reflect into it, into the achievement of it. How my actions today reflect upon the people close to me, who (might) share goals with me as [...]

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colorfully blue

You know that perfect blue, dark, deep and no-fragrance? I’m talking about that perfect clear-deep-sky blue, not the one with green tints that you find at sea.. no, not azure at all. Blue. The Blue. Like the reflected-in-the-sea-sky in this photo, minus the puffy round clouds. I guess I’ve mostly seen it in Scandinavia, this [...]

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